Oron Kahlon (left) missed weight (3lbs too
heavy) for his scheduled fight tomorrow at
#DWCS. He will be fined 20% of his purse.Javid Basharat wasn’t happy about it and didn’t shake hands with
Kahlon. Kahlon called him a terrorist soon after…. pic.twitter.com/N5pflxW2wU— Marcel Dorff (@BigMarcel24)
October 25, 2021
There will be some added animosity heading into the bantamweight
showdown between Oron Kahlon
and Javid
Basharat on Week 9 of Dana White’s Contender Series.
Following weigh-ins on Monday morning, Kahlon, who hails from
Israel, can be heard calling his opponent a “terrorist” during a
face-off. Basharat is based in England with the London
Shootfighters but is originally from Afghanistan.
Perhaps some of the tension during the face-off stems from Kahlon’s
struggles on the scales, as he missed weight by three pounds for
the bout, which led to Basharat refusing a handshake from his
opponent. The two exchanged words prior to the taunt, and Basharat
acknowledged that he heard the insult in a post on his Instagram
account.
“This p–y wanted a way out by missing weight by three pounds,”
Basharat wrote. “I told him I’m gonna still whoop his arse, he then
called me a terrorist. [He] wanted a reaction, again, he wanted a
way out. Unlucky for him, I ain’t going nowhere! I’m waiting to see
him tomorrow.”
Basharat is 10-0 in his professional career, and if signed, he
would join Nasrat
Haqparast as the second Afghan fighter on the UFC roster. The
40-year-old Kahlon is 12-0 with all of his victories coming inside
the distance.
The Contender Series airs Tuesday on ESPN+ beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5
p.m. PT.